Marcello Mortillaro is a researcher at the Swiss Center for Affective Sciences at the University of Geneva. After his doctorate in Psychology at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan, he continued his research abroad, focusing on non-verbal behavior and emotional intelligence. Inventor of the Body Action and Posture Coding System (BAP) for analyzing gestures and body movements and the Geneva Emotional Competence Test (GECo) – the only scientific test to measure emotional skills in the work context – he has published more than 40 scientific articles in international journals. Today Mortillaro directs the applied research unit of the Swiss Center for Affective Sciences.